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Friday, August 11, 2017

Tell Your Senator to Keep His Promises

In full disclosure, I left the Republican Party after Mitt
Romney proved he couldn’t stand up to the lies of Barack Hussein Obama in the
2012 election cycle. Since those days I have registered as an Independent. It’s
true that I continue to vote GOP, because in my State most Republican
candidates are Conservative.

As an Independent I keep my eyes open for a new Political
Party to knock out the GOP much like the Republican Party replaced the Whig
Party and eventually elected Abraham Lincoln as its first Party President in
1860.

The only way for a Political Party to replace the GOP is for
Conservative Republican Congressional members to abandon the Republican Party.
Until that day, any Political Party formed to attract Conservative voters will
be considered also-ran Third Party political hacks with no national coalition
to make a difference.

Now after my full disclosure, I want to share an American
Family Association (AFA) email alert that shows 30 Republican
Senators joining the Democrats to keep an obsolete Senate rule (as in not in
the Constitution) that forces 60 votes to end a filibuster.

As a political in the Senate the GOP is the Majority Party
with 52 members. But each time the Dems want to obstruct the Trump they pull a filibuster
which they know can’t be stopped by 52 votes. Now it has become worse for the
President’s agenda to make America great again because there are THIRTY
Republican Senators that refuse to reform the 60-vote rule by changing it
to a simple majority.

30 GOP
Senators Supporting Dems – Photo from AFA email alert

If you are a Conservative voter that has become fed-up with
a Congress that is opposing President Trump at every turn, examine the photo of
30 to discover if your Senator is amongst them. If your Senator is there Google
their contact info and write, phone or both to express your displeasure. If
they respond with a form letter or email trying to push some political hocus
pocus about Senatorial tradition in their rules. Former Dem Majority Leader
didn’t hesitate to suspend the 60-vote threshold when they rammed Obama agenda
legislation down Conservative throats.

It’s time to toss out the 60-vote rule in favor of majority
rule except for where the Constitution specifically calls for a super-majority.

For your convenience, the AFA has provided a method to
contact your Senator even giving you the text to work from:

In fact, they signed on to a letter
authored by Senator SusanCollins (R-ME) and Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) sent
to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), stating they are
"opposing any effort to curtail the existing rights and prerogatives
(including the 60 rule vote to end the Democrat filibuster) of Senators to
engage in full, robust, and extended debate as we (the Senate) consider
legislation before the body in the future." Sen. McConnell agrees with
them.

Regarding the letter, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) noted that "Democrats want
the Senate to work, and we are willing to partner with our colleagues across
the aisle if we can get things done for the American people. We have a
long way to go to heal the wounds between our two parties, but this letter is a
small first step towards that important goal." (Emphasis added.)

These 30 Senate Republicans, by refusing to stop the Democratic filibuster,
want to allow the ongoing obstruction of Democrats in the name of "healing."
Conservative Republicans know that Democrats will not cross the aisle to help
pass a conservative agenda.

Senate Democrats have been obstructionists to a conservative agenda. Sen.
Coons' statement that Democrats "are willing to partner with our
colleagues (Republicans) across the aisle if we can get things done for the
American people" is political posturing and an empty promise to pass
conservative legislation. Keeping the filibuster is nothing more than a
mechanism for Democrats and liberal Republicans to further capitulate to the
left. This is not by accident, but by design.

The mission of the American Family Association is to inform, equip,
and activate individuals to strengthen the moral foundations of American
culture, and give aid to the church here and abroad in its task of fulfilling
the Great Commission.

PHILOSOPHICAL STATEMENT

The American Family Association believes that God has communicated absolute
truth to mankind, and that all people are subject to the authority of God’s Word
at all times. Therefore AFA believes that a culture based on biblical truth
best serves the well-being of our nation and our families, in accordance with
the vision of our founding documents; and that personal transformation through
the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the greatest agent of biblical change in any
culture.

ACTION STATEMENT

The American Family Association acts to:

1)Restrain evil by
exposing the works of darkness

2)Promote virtue by
upholding in culture that which is right, true and good according to Scripture

3)Convince individuals
of sin and challenge them to seek Christ’s grace and forgiveness

4)Motivate people to
take a stand on cultural and moral issues at the local, state and national
levels

5)Encourage Christians
to bear witness to the love of Jesus Christ as they live their lives before the
world

To that end, AFA spurs activism directed to:

§Preservation of Marriage
and the Family

§Decency and Morality

§Sanctity of Human Life

§Stewardship

§Media Integrity

We believe in holding accountable companies that sponsor programs
attacking traditional family values. We also believe in commending those
companies that act responsibly regarding programs they support.

It is AFA’s goal to be a champion of Christian
activism. If you are alarmed by the increasing ungodliness and
depravity assaulting our nation, tired of cursing the darkness, and ready to
light a bonfire, please join us. Do it for your …READ THE REST